Category: Morgan Sports Car Related Posts
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Drill Bits Buying Guide (www.lowes.com Nov 2018)
Learn about the different types of drill bits so you can choose the right ones for your project and for the material you’re drilling. Types of Drill Bits: Materials and Finishes The materials from which bits are manufactured and the finishes applied to them play a significant role in the life and performance of the…
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Morgan And The Mighty V8: Brutal Sophistication – Carfection
[This one is just out. Seems accurate and makes me just a bit anxious. Cheers, Mark]
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Morgan to Reinvent Itself with High-Performance Sports Car (www.autocar.co.uk)
30 October 2018 [This article seems to have a few more specifics that help clarify the reported new offering. Things I picked out include (1) coupé and roadster, with gasoline or electric drive, (2) in house design (3) bonded aluminum chassis, similar to Aero 8, (4) standard front engine, rear drive, (5) forced induction (turbo…
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Morgan Working on All-New Model (www.pistonheads.com)
October 30, 2018 Electric-ready aluminium architecture and 150mph-plus performance set to characterise new era for Morgan. Morgan may have recently announced that development of its electric three-wheel EV3, has been indefinitely halted, but the manufacturer does have more up its sleeve than special editions and bicycles. That’s if reports in Autocar are to be believed,…
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Morgan EV3 Development Halted (www.pistonheads.com)
Oct 10, 2018 British firm wants to “bolster” its EV team before integrating electric technology into the 3 Wheeler. Development of the all-electric Morgan EV3 has been halted due to contractual disagreements with powertrain supplier, Frazer Nash. Morgan said that although it “remains committed to an electric future,” it has shelved the EV3 project until…
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Morgan Motor Company Announces ‘110 ANNIVERSARY’ Models
Morgan Motor Company introduces a range of ‘110 Anniversary’ models ahead of their 110th anniversary in 2019. Each ‘110 Anniversary’ model will carry unique celebratory badging, signifying its importance as a 110 edition vehicle 2019 marks 110 years of the Morgan Motor Company, a landmark milestone for the Malvern based company, which remains privately owned…
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Analog adrenaline: taking the Morgan Plus 4 for a drive (https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/drive – 9/27/18)
Driving aids are overrated, so we take the vintage-inspired Morgan Plus 4 for an exciting drive, free of computer control. [With all the fervor about the new ‘component’ cars being brought in by dealers it is hard not to loose sight of the other way to get a newer Morgan into the US legally, the…
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Fettling with the 2005 Roadster Air Conditioner
It’s hot in Florida and most Morgan outings are top down. But when it rains, and it does that daily, you have to put the top up. Being in a Morgan with the top up, in Florida, is hot, very hot and humid. But, I have air conditioning in the Roadster. Yeah, right! Well, the…
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New Orleans Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps (PCCP) Project & Patterson Pump facility in Toccoa GA
This message may be of interest to the club members that followed the story in the newsletter (Volume 6/14) highlighting the MOGSouth visit in June 2014 to the Patterson Pump facility in Toccoa GA where our huge New Orleans flood control pumps were manufactured. This photo, from the MOGSouth newsletter, shows our tour group standing…
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WHITWHAT? THE WHITWORTH SYSTEM (Moss Motors)
[It happens to me all the time. The wrench won’t fit, it’s too small, so I get the next larger one and it won’t fit either, it’s too large. Nothing in between? What now, darn, it’s probably ‘Whitworth’. If you play with old British cars, you have most likely run into this situation. An interesting…